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milestone, Kirkandrews (3)
site name:-   road, Longtown to Newcastleton
civil parish:-   Kirkandrews (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY40967362
1Km square:-   NY4073
10Km square:-   NY47


photograph
BSV72.jpg  Cast iron plate on stone:-
"CARLISLE / 12 / MILES" (taken 4.6.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 6 8) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"M.S. Carlisle 12"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT NGR 409 736 / / MOAT COMMON / KIRKANDREWS / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78159 / NY4095973624"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Early C19 for the Longtown-Penton road. Red sandstone, cast iron plate. Squared stone with circular plate to front inscribed CARLISLE 12 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black."


photograph
CEL64.jpg "CARLISLE / 12 / MILES" (taken 7.2015)  courtesy of Terry Moore
Image ©  Terry Moore

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